The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of chondromalacia patella and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity have been denied.,The Board has also remanded the TDIU, increased rating, and reduction issues due to additional VA treatment records not having been considered.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence indicating a formal or informal claim for service connection prior to the dates of the effective dates granted in the August 2013 decision.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia patella, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19149101
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Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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